| Description |
xxi, 455 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Studies in antiquity and Christianity |
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Studies in antiquity and Christianity.
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| Contents |
Essays and Responses -- Variety in Gnostic Perspectives on Gender / Michael A. Williams -- Gender and Generation: Observations on Coptic Terminology, with Particular Attention to Valentinian Texts / Deirdre J. Good -- A Response to Gender and Generation / John H. Sieber -- Prouneikos. A Colorful Expression to Designate Wisdom in Gnostic Texts / Anne Pasquier -- A Response to Prouneikos / Marvin W. Meyer -- Jewish and Greek Heroines in the Nag Hammadi Library / Madeleine Scopello -- A Response to Jewish and Greek Heroines / Douglas M. Parrott -- Sophia as Goddess in the Nag Hammadi Codices / Pheme Perkins -- Very Goddess and Very Man: Jesus' Better Self / James M. Robinson -- A Response to Very Goddess and Very Man / Charles W. Hedrick -- Female Figures in the Gnostic Sondergut in Hippolytus's Refutatio / Luise Abramowski -- A Response to Female Figures / Ron Cameron -- Sophia and Christ in the Apocryphon of John / Karen L. King -- A Response to Sophia and Christ / John D. Turner -- Pursuing the Spiritual Eve: Imagery and Hermeneutics in the Hypostasis of the Archons and the Gospel of Philip / Elaine Pagels -- A Response to Pursuing the Spiritual Eve / Mary Rose D'Angelo -- "The Holy Spirit Is a Double Name": Holy Spirit, Mary, and Sophia in the Gospel of Philip / Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley -- A Response to "The Holy Spirit Is a Double Name" / Kurt Rudolph -- Virginity and Subversion: Norea Against the Powers in the Hypostasis of the Archons / Anne McGuire -- A Response to Virginity and Subversion / Ross S. Kraemer |
| Notes |
Papers from a conference held Nov. 19-25, 1985, in Claremont, Calif. and sponsored by the Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Dept. of Religious Studies at Occidental College, and the Society of Biblical Literature |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-446) and index |
| Subject |
Children -- Hospital care.
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Gnosticism -- Congresses.
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Women and religion -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
King, Karen L.
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Institute for Antiquity and Christianity.
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Occidental College. Department of Religious Studies.
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Society of Biblical Literature.
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| LC no. |
87045896 |
| ISBN |
080063103X |
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